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In reference to feeling ready to quit? For a year or two at least with my letter written and ready to hand in. My average so far over the past 3 years has been around 57 hours a week (thats not including my shifts left for this week). I've done 80-hour weeks where I'm essentially living at the station. Granted, 500 calls a year is probably a month for her, but its still "I can probably move into the station and be slightly ahead" I totally understand the outrage of pay, I think being paid double what the general EMT's are paid due to being an officer (minimum wage for basic, $7.5/ hr for AEMT), but the village workers entry-level is higher than mine. If not for state retirement and health insurance, I'd have probably left long ago. Honestly I'd love to be making her 17/hr though when I'm down around 13. 

my service still carries them, as stated before... mostly movement/ extrication/ CPR needs with strict "we had to keep them on the board for X reasons" mostly altered LOC following trauma, etc. otherwise just a C/ X-collar while laying on the cot

i ran away to join the circus. i am very happy here. they gave me this cool jacket  honestly though i never spent much time in the forums though this could change now, just went to a different chatting site and haven't really had a reason to come back....

So recently State of Wisconsin has been trying to get out a version of tracking software for mass-causality events. The company that the state went with was intermedix. Just was wondering if any other states/ services were using any intermedix software, especially the EMTrack system.

Basic rundown of the software. It allows a patient to be tracked from the initial contact in the field to discharge from the hospital, and can also be used to give a hospital a "heads up" that you're headed their way with (insert chief complaint here).

Totally missed it.. had a date with the gf in the morning/ early afternoon, refresher that night, then forgot my tablet at work overnight :/ next time hopefully

Was he found wearing khaki's? D: As for this "pain detector" it may just be a BS medi-onion story, but I bet they're out there working on a real one...

I'd come back more if I knew the room was active <.< it's been so long since I was here :'(

been using 10 since i could download it. its really not that bad to be fair. I especially am enjoying the tablet/ desktop split (using a Surface 3 Pro). otherwise business as usual

ALSO: i'm suprised terri could figure out how to turn the computer back on

don't worry chief. the train'll just go right over the top of the hose! i can guarantee it!

any other history? specifically addictions/ diabetes/ stroke/ cardiac? medications? WITNESSED number taken? Also check pupils...

per my level, check BGL, obtain twelve lead & transmit, obtain vitals, protect airway and assist ventilations as necessary, appropriate sized IV with .9NS, once IV is established, administer enough narcan to bring the respiratory drive back around (lets not bring him out just yet... no need to have a pissed off 54 year old in extreme pain thrashing around without need for it >.> )

Welcome as for your question. I hadn't gone through the new AEMT course, but i did go through Wisconsins IT to AEMT refresher/ transition. Haven't actually challanged the National though so no clue on what may or may not help. my best suggestion though would be to try and get a hold of an I-85/ IV-Tech/ Intermediate Technician course book. They would give you a great view into the next level (its about 80 pages long if memory serves). Hopefully this will help, good luck

A sad day for all, Rest in peace Dusty from both myself and Ashley/ MRFD_82

This all goes back to Carlin's statement about the death penalty, before we stick the needle into the guy's arm, we swab it... of course we wouldn't want them going to (wherever it is you go after you die) with an infection. The guy threw the hail mary with a second left to go in the fourth quarter, except for him there was pretty sudden death, minus the overtime.

I agree with Don. How many times have we set a cup of coffee on the hood or roof of the ambulance.. and forgot about it when driving off?

That may be the case that we've all forgotten a cup of coffee, but this was no cup of joe, this was a laptop that would have done major damage (possibly even killed?) any person it would land on. In short, yes it was a mistake, yes it was human error, but there should be remedial training to help lessen the chance that the crew will do this again.

So will Louisiana cracker jack boxes start carrying medical licenses if this bill passes?

I can't speak for all the criticisers here, but I personally am not asking for perfection by EMS technical standards. Like many here, I'm simply asking for an interesting and stimulating show that stays relatively within the boundaries of reality. Again, it CAN be done. We're not asking for miracles. Hell, I'm not even asking as a medic. I'm simply asking as a viewer. I WANT to like this show. I think all of us do. But for fuck's sake, give me something to work with!

well hell dust just lower your standards then and you'll probably find it entertaining

Wow, such hostility to the show... I mean seriously did ANYONE here think that this was going to be a real life? Granted there are some parts that would be better if more realistic, BUT that wouldn't sell the show, Marisa's whole "we'll take the call, we got fuel" decision was more then likely done to make the story more dramatic in that the viewers didn't know if they'd run out of fuel. I'm not defending what Rabbit's done, but seriously how would you feel if you saw a person get their brains blown out just as they were about to give up?

As for the whole episode, it was meant to be the whole "Caca hits the fan and explodes in everyone's face" day for EMS. As the "probie curse", EMS is superstitious so I can see that coming in to play (remember how people cringe when they hear "hope you have a quiet night"?). This show is meant to entertain and bring NBC ratings, not instruct the public on how EMS operates, anyone who feels differently is foolish for believing otherwise.

That's just how I feel about the Episode.

Sounds like a good idea, especially when you consider the fact that it seems like most everyone has a personal pair of headphones/ earbuds (I myself have a pair of Skullcandy Hesh over-earphones for at home on the laptops and a pair of Skullcandy earbuds for out and about/ listening to my Ipod.)

Since everyone could carry their own pair of listening devices that all have the same audio jack, services would only need 1 mp3 per rig and no more having to worry about getting ear wax/ germs from other people, plus if they lose their pair they can go pick up a cheapo pair, and with the over-ear type headphones I've found that i can hear things a lot better since it can muffle out sounds, thus you only have to worry about noise affecting the recording. The only way it could be made better is if you can listen AND record at the same time.

I'm not able to do visualized airways, but the shape of the handle looks a lot better than what I was trained on, it seems like it would be a good all-around laryngoscope, especially if you could fit older blades on it, keep the old blades for airway obstructions/ practice on dummies (or sleeping partners ) and the new blade with the black light for actual intubation, and yes firemedic I do believe I heard the teeth clicking on the dummy.

Holy crap I missed a chance to say happy birthday to Terri! Alzheimers must be setting in :/ anyway happy late birthday Terri, now go enjoy a few or else.

Would it be too hard for them to just give employees a uniform allowance or something like that to buy a pair of boots and then just have guidelines for the type of boots they're allowed to wear? :/ I mean I can understand the idea behind requiring everyone to wear the EXACT same type of boots, but if the boots have been causing people to trip and fall... isn't that just begging for OSHA to come in?

LIVING, as in the air going in and out, blood going round and round. I believe if I aim low i just might meet my goal

happy... uh... merry... uh... oh you guys know the whole drill lol have a good one, watch your backs... and fronts... and sides... most of all stay safe out there

I have just one question.... WHY????? WHY WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING THAT STUPID???????????

Just out of curiosity, would that mean you can't CARRY them with you? or that you just can't have them on? I always have my cell phone with me while on runs, I never get a call during the run and if I happen to get a text message during the run I simply turn off my cell phone and wait until we're back at station to answer it. I see no reason to ban the person who was in back from using theirs when there is no patient in back, as for the driver they can wait until they're done at the hospital or back at station to do their talking/ texting.